资料来源：《英语畅谈世界文化》

简单介绍：每天一分钟，我们一起玩转世界文化。在巴黎的任何角落，无论晴雨，都能看到埃菲尔的身影。站在埃菲尔铁塔上鸟瞰巴黎，能否体会一番独特的法兰西风情？
童鞋们注意是英式拼写哦~~

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Maupassant
Emile Zola
Charles Garnier
Opera Garnier
Dumas the Younger
Eiffel Tower
Yes, I agree! Eiffel was an excellent designer and the perfect choise for a project so large. However it was not accepted by all at first, and a petition of 300 names -- including those of Maupassant, Emile Zola, Charles Garnier who was an architect of the Opera Garnier, and Dumas the Younger -- protested its construction. But why? Didn't they think he was good enough? Oh, I think they all thought he was a good architect but they saw the tower as "useless and monstrous". I think the construction of the Eiffel Tower is important for all French people. Also, during its lifetime, the Eiffel Tower has also witnessed a few strange scenes, including being scaled by a mountaineer in 1954, and parachuted off in 1984 by two Englishmen. Oh yes, and I read that in 1923 a journalist rode a bicycle down from the first level. Some accounts say he rode down the stairs, other accounts suggest the exterior of one of the tower's four legs which slope outward. Well, whatever he did, he must have been crazy! Anyway, the Eiffel Tower doesn't have a really long history, but it's an interesting one.